{
  "abstract": "The BMJ’s report that 13 386 patients waited over three days in England’s emergency departments in 2025 should not be framed as simply an “A&E crisis.”1 Emergency departments are where the failure becomes visible, but they are not where the failure begins.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Cwm Taf University Health Board, Abercynon, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Araya Gautam"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Emergency departments are not failing: they are absorbing whole system failure",
  "uid": "ecf2a561-1c7e-5c93-94b3-f5d1c0091d42"
}